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Do your students struggle with writing good endings for either narrative or non-fiction writing? This resource will help you teach students how to write endings by immersing them in both fiction/narrative and non-fiction texts from books they love to read and books that are in the classroom or school library: read alouds, picture books, chapter books, informational books, news articles, essays, or any other books either in print or digital! Texts serve as models for good writing that help students mimic in their own writing. Students participate in a variety of scavenger hunt activities that get students thinking, talking, and writing good endings! Scavenger Hunts are a fun and engaging distance learning activity!
This is a digital download (PDF) with a link to this resource in Google Slides. I put this resource in Google Slides because I thought you may want to show or share this with your students as a presentation, assign certain slides to your students to complete, and/or print out the posters & Scavenger Hunts to do live.
This resource includes: Easy prep—just print or use digitally in Google Slides.
•What is an ending?
•Not The End
•Meeting Rider Narrative Text
•Types of Narrative Endings (student handout)
•Types of Narrative Endings at a Glance (student handout)
9 Most Common Narrative Endings Posters:
Non-Fiction
•The Box Jellyfish Non-Fiction Text/Essay
•Types of Non-fiction/Essay Endings (student handout)
•Types of Non-Fiction/Essay Endings at a Glance (student handout)
9 Most Common Non-fiction/Essay Endings Posters:
Scavenger Hunt Text Activities for Fiction & Non-Fiction:
The best way to get students to learn about endings is to immerse them in texts. Use your classroom or school library and read just the endings of your favorite fiction and non-fiction picture books or chapter books. You can even use non-fiction articles in Scholastic Magazines or online articles from National Geographic for Kids. Immerse your students in a variety of genres from a variety of authors to compare and contrast endings. Some endings are tricky to identify. Use the Stuck on an Ending? debate sheet to think it through. Students can jot down which endings they’re stuck on and provide support to back up their final decision. It’s okay if not all students agree. A friendly debate is fun and will extend thinking. Remind your students that the same endings can really be used for both fiction and non-fiction and you may see examples of this while looking through both genres. Challenge them to find endings that overlap.
Scavenger Hunts: (Brief directions included on each slide)
•Identify That Ending
•Write That Ending
•Guess That Ending
•Find That Ending Sticky Note Activity -Includes Sticky Note Template and pages each with all the narrative endings & non-fiction/essay endings and 2 pages with a combination of all endings for both fiction & non-fiction. You can assign different students for finding different types of endings or just one type of ending. Pair them up or have them work independently. Use the blank sticky note templates for students to jot down if they find another type of ending on their hunt.
Ways to Do Scavenger Hunts:
•Whole group to model- Use a novel you are reading together and have students identify the ending. Play Guess That Ending with other books from your class library
•Independently- Students identify the ending in books they are independently reading, Find
That Ending Sticky Note Scavenger Hunt
•Partners- Play Guess That Ending with peers, Find That Ending Sticky Note Scavenger Hunt
•Small Groups- Guess That Ending, Find That Ending Sticky Note Scavenger Hunt
Your Turn: After students have had enough time with finding endings in texts, now they’ll be ready to write some of their own. Students should draft a variety of endings for their narrative or non-fiction writing and then confer with someone to decide which ending fits best.
I hope this resource helps to transform your students into writers and gets them writing GREAT ENDINGS!
Enjoy from my classroom to yours!
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